Lamar is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Wyoming counties, West Virginia, United States. Lamar is 4 miles northwest of Matoaka. Lamar was initially founded as Algonquin around 1915 by the Algonquin Coal Company, later renamed Lamar in 1930 after the Lamar Colliery Company took ownership of the town.

Covel

Hamlet

Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Covel is a census-designated place in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 85. Covel is situated 1½ miles north of Micajah.

Micajah

Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
Location: Mercer, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.4665° or 37° 27′ 59″ north

Longitude

-81.32594° or 81° 19′ 33″ west

Elevation

2,333 feet (711 metres)

Open location code

869WFM8F+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 154076344

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4814533

Wikidata ID

Q6827918

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Micajah” goes by many names.

French: “Micajah”
Irish: “Micajah”

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